Counting the number of beheads on his fingers, while everyone was rejoicing, Mao Wenlong suddenly turned pale and said, "But did you realize that we had too many beheadings this time? It was precisely because there were too many that we were beaten."

"Many high-ranking civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty were slapped in the face," and then he had to say again: "I slapped two generations of emperors in the face, or to be precise, three generations of emperors."

All the soldiers immediately fell silent, because anyone with a little common sense in the world already knew that this was indeed a very fatal thing.

People like myself have been too outstanding this time, so outstanding that they have slapped everyone in the face, mainly the ones above.

Not to mention the faces of the two generations of emperors, in the battle against Hou Jin, whether the governor hung himself or wiped his neck, four people died, and there were nine total soldiers. What kind of loss was that? Of course, those were all

In the past, for example, Xiong Tingbi and Wang Huazhen, who are still in office, spent countless money and food from the country during the years when one was managing Liaodong and the other was patrolling Liaodong, but they lost troops and generals in every battle.

, there was no gain at all. And these people like me, without receiving a penny subsidy from the court, a grain of grain, or a sword and gun, suddenly gained such great military exploits. Not to mention others, these two people would

How do you view people like yourself?

This is what officialdom is like. Those in higher positions can sit back and do nothing, but they will never allow those below to achieve better results than themselves. Once this happens, the first thing to do is to remove this too outstanding subordinate when he is in office.

Just strangle him to death.

Almost everyone here has worked their way out of the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty. Everyone knows this unspoken rule, especially Su Qimin, who was extremely excited just now. When Mao Wenlong said this this time, cold sweat broke out on his back.

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"Our contribution is too great. When we were at the forest bank, we looked to the future and let me count for you some of the military rewards we should receive this time. At that time, it was already clear that there was no reward and no promotion.

Ke Sheng, if you add in our military exploits like ours later, what is waiting for us?"

Needless to say, everyone already understands that what they are waiting for is to be disarmed and return to work, but this is what no one wants to see.

There are also those in higher positions who will fabricate an unreasonable name for you, and then reward you with a white silk ribbon or a pot of poisonous wine.

Don’t think about what kind of person you are. Looking at ancient and modern history, among all the high-achieving ministers who have achieved a good death, which one has escaped such a fate?

This is the tragedy of the Han nation, but on the other hand, is it not a way for the Han nation to maintain long-term peace and stability?

At this time, all the excited generals were silent. The excitement just now has slowly fallen into the ice cellar.

"What if." Mao Wenlong didn't look at everyone's faces, but he already felt everyone's mood. This is the result he wants to get. Otherwise, if he has to complete the painstaking ideological work by himself, it will be very annoying.

things.

Personal experience shows that this is the most fundamental outcome of ideological work.

"If we once again fulfill the merits of Anfei Yanggu, one of the five political ministers of the Jin Dynasty who died in battle, then what kind of results will be waiting for us?"

No one answered, but all their eyes were filled with sadness and helplessness.

"Then let me do the math for you." Mao Wenlong paced and sighed: "If we recognize this military merit, the first result is that the court cannot believe this matter. Even if the emperor believes it, the civil and military officials below will

Even the officials would not believe it, because it concerns their face and the interests of many, many people. In this way, we have offended all civil servants and military officers."

The lobby became silent, and a musty smell began to permeate the lobby.

"Secondly, if we publicize this military exploit, as Mr. Li said, it will stimulate Huang Taiji to fight us for the sake of face, because he has to fight us desperately. This is for Hou Jin

, morale must not be damaged, they must get back on track."

At this point, Li Guangdao felt very grateful that Mao Wenlong could understand his thoughts, so he nodded heavily.

"In this way, for the sake of face and morale, Hou Jin Jiannu will fight us at all costs and have a life-or-death decisive battle." Then Mao Wenlong stopped and looked at the soldiers in the hall: "Hou Jin Jiannu has nothing to do with us.

This is obvious to all, and it is not because I have the ambition of others to destroy our prestige. But from a comparison of strength, we use these real mobs to face the desperate counterattack of the entire Houjin elite. Our

What happens in the end?"

He stopped talking and glanced at all the soldiers, but no one answered him.

"We are a ragtag group of people, and we are living in other people's places. We have no logistical supplies, no additional soldiers, and no mass base. However, we face a newly emerged bandit group. We have only two results."

Everyone looked at Mao Wenlong again, and there were two results. This was very unexpected. After all, was there any choice?

"The first one is that we fought to the death here, and the result was that we were completely annihilated by the enemy. Our ambition to serve the country turned into a fantasy."

Putting down a finger, Mao Wenlong pointed out the second result to everyone: "That is that we will return to the west."

As soon as this ending came out, not only did all the soldiers feel unwilling, Li Guangdao even broke out in cold sweat.

"But have you ever thought about it, as long as we return to the west, there are only two ways left for us. One is to return home without the mission that the court gave us originally, and all our hatred will never be repaid. And the second is to return to the fields without the mission that the court gave us.

The other way around is for those officials who don't like us to give us the reputation of being timid and afraid of fighting, and chop off our heads one by one."

Taking a deep breath: "We fought for this big empire, but we couldn't die fighting the enemy. In the end, we died under the sword of our own people. Do you think we are worth it?"

This answer does not require anyone to answer, everyone can weigh the pros and cons here.

"Ambition is hard to achieve, and we die unjustly. Is this what we want?" Mao Wenlong stood solemnly in the middle of the ground, looked at each of his subordinates with firm eyes, and said this very critical question.

"We want to fulfill our determination to avenge our hometown fathers, and we want to continue to pay our loyalty to this old empire. The premise is that we must survive, otherwise everything will be empty talk."

With such depressing words, he ended his conversation, and then stood alone in the middle of the field, waiting for everyone's decision.

After a long, long time, Su Qimin was the first to stand up. Because of his background, what he expressed could represent many people.

"Shuai Mao has great foresight. I really can't wait. I have to listen to Mao Shuai's arrangements for everything."

All the soldiers stood up together and raised their hands to Mao Wenlong: "Everything depends on Commander Mao's arrangement."

Mao Wenlong sighed easily, then took a deep breath and expressed his decision: "I have decided to announce to the public right now that the reason for the withdrawal of Jiannu is because one of their coaches, Anfe Yangu,
Chapter completed!